Photos: Last SWAT officer from North Hollywood shootout retires

Richard A. Roupoli and Steve Gomez

Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

LAPD Deputy Chief Richard A. Roupoli, left, on Friday gets a hug from retiring SWAT supervisor Sgt. Steve Gomez at department headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Gomez was the last SWAT officer involved in the infamous 1997 North Hollywood bank shootout to retire. Two bank robbers died and 11 officers and seven civilians were wounded in the heist.